LAPD Flashlight

[dw]

http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/02/lapds-blinding-new-flashlights-too-light-to-beat-suspects/

[SB 405]

Something I found....

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles (http://www.nbc4.tv/news/11454136/detail.html?subid=10101581#) police officers will soon be equipped with smaller, lighter flashlights that will be easier to carry and are less likely to be used as a weapon.
(http://video.nbc4.tv/player/?id=86824)
The new 7060-model flashlight, developed and manufactured by the Torrance-based company Pelican with input from the LAPD, will be unveiled by police Chief William Bratton Friday during a news conference at the department's Parker Center headquarters.

Officers will be able to go from a dimly-lit "patrol mode" to a bright, high-density "tactical mode" with the flip of a small switch on the flashlight, according to Pelican's Web site.
Bratton first proposed changing department-issued flashlights nine months after Officer John Hatfield used a heavy 13-inch flashlight to subdue car-theft suspect Stanley Miller on June 23, 2004.
The action was recorded by a news crew in a helicopter, and in November, the City Council approved a $450,000 settlement with Miller, who was struck 11 times with the flashlight following a car and foot chase in Compton.
He also was sentenced to three years in prison for unlawful taking of a vehicle and felony evading. After being released from prison in February, he went into alcohol rehab.
The District Attorney declined to file charges against Hatfield, but the department disciplined him and three other officers who held down Miller while Hatfield struck him with the flashlight.
An LAPD Board of Rights recommended that Hatfield be fired, and Bratton did so in August 2005.
Hatfield, 37, of Redondo Beach, sued Bratton and the city in federal court, alleging he did not get a fair hearing. That lawsuit is pending.
The Miller beating prompted the Los Angeles Police Commission, the civilian city panel that oversees the LAPD, to adopt a policy that discourages officers from using their flashlights as weapons unless in dire circumstances.
Proponents of the change have said that the smaller and lighter flashlights will be less likely to be used by officers as weapons. Additionally, the new flashlights will be easier for officers to carry and will fit better in their belts.

[ELACHP041094]

LAPD only right, not CHP, they (CHP) need a nice big maglite, and it wasnt them who were sued

[23112]

LAPD only right, not CHP, they (CHP) need a nice big maglite, and it wasnt them who were sued

The size of a flashlight is not an indicator of its illuminative properties--the small Stinger I carry is brighter than the "big maglites."

[TheForceCHP]

The size of a flashlight is not an indicator of its illuminative properties--the small Stinger I carry is brighter than the "big maglites."


I agree with that. I bought the new Stinger LED and that thing out performs and flashlight that I currently own, plust it has some cool features built in

[CHPGuy]

WTF??? They don't call them "Stinger" for nothin'! :tape: :badgrin:

[VFR Chippie]

I agree with that. I bought the new Stinger LED and that thing out performs and flashlight that I currently own, plust it has some cool features built in

You're just a gadget hound, you monkey.

But the Stinger XL DOES have some cool features. I like the dimming ability, but I still can't think of a practical application of the strobe light. Maybe it's for deuces doing the Rockstar FST? Is that scientifically validated? :lol: